Enid Reese

Enid Colleen Reese, 98, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 21, 2019 surrounded by her family at her Fremont residence. She was born on April 21, 1921 in Bradner to Floyd & Ollie (Blackman) Rees.

Enid was a 1939 graduate of Bradner High School. She held various jobs, working at Youngs Grocery in Bradner, Montgomery Ward in Bowling Green, and H.J Heinz in Fremont. Enid worked alongside her husband, Ken, farming and as a bookkeeper at their business, Ken’s Sohio. She was a member of the Fremont Church of the Nazarene and the American Legion Auxiliary where she helped her husband manage the hall. Enid enjoyed playing pinochle with her friends and family and bird watching.

On June 18, 1945, Enid married the love of her life, Kenneth Lee Reese, in Bradner. They were married for 38 years before Ken’s passing on August 1, 1983. Surviving Enid are her children, Donald (Rita) Reese of Avon, Dennis (Kathy) of Carlsbad, CA, Dean (Darla) Reese of Fremont, Duane (Robin) Reese of Fremont and Denise (Tom) Ashton of Oak Harbor; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Karol Reese; and son-in-law, Larry Ray.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kenneth Reese; children, Daniel Lee Reese and Diane L. (Reese) Tracy Ray; grandson, Seth A. Tracy; and siblings, Dale Rees and Flossie Spitler.

Services for Enid will be held at a later date.